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Actually i kind of knew that Dale was too close to the edge. Don't get me wrong i thought he was sweet how he tried to keep the store going and how he always would try to help, but there was always that lack of thinking things through that struck me as more then just immaturity.

I thought just last time Jericho was on that if one of the men didn't take him in hand or spend some more time with him then he was going to lose it.

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I like the show Jericho also but I forgot when it came on.
Has anyone else watched Supernatural?
I think that you may like that show too.

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LOVED tonight's episode of JERICHO! It seems to get better and better with each episode. I shed a tear when April and the baby died.
No comedy from McRaney (Johnston) tonight......which is the way it should have been. Sad episode.
I didn't buy that Heather didn't want to come to JERICHO. She would have wanted to see Jake to let him know that she was ok. And now Stanley and Eric are there. I smell trouble with a capital *T*.

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(Spoiler) So the dead Jerichoite...Jerichoian? The dead towns person was the baby? No offense to TV babies out there but that was kinda a lame "character" to kill off after promoting a loss in the town all week.

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Dale gave me bad vibes from the getgo. Now I know why.

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Definitely one of the best episodes so far, for acting.

There's a point in a television show's span where the actors start to get their groove, the writers start to understand things, and the director starts to click. Usually it takes a few seasons. I think we saw it with this episode. It's best seen when the collective group making the show get something: dialog doesn't have to be constantly spoken - it can be *acted* too.

The death scene was painfully beautiful in it's lack of dialogue and powerful emotions (I have to say, I was shedding tears - I lost my Mom not so long ago, and that scene was just to eerily similar). The Hawkins stuff was good, (not the best, but not the worst either), though I feel a bit "Lost"ish about Hawkins - is he good or bad? Terrorist or super spy? I'm being set up for a let down either way - if he's a terrorist responsible for millions of lives lost and the destruction of the US, he should be a pariah to his family, and hunted by the rest. But I digress.

On the acting again: When I saw Mandvi brought back into the action, I had the same reservations as the reviewer did - he's so good and comical on TDS that I wasn't sure how he'd play out on this... but he brought his A-game. I believed he was a doc who'd seen too much, but came back from the brink and did the right thing. Understated, but still powerful moment. And the final scene with the goodbyes and Jake's talk with the "friend" from New Bern.

Normally, I'm the first one to bark at the telly "enough soap opera, more action!" during Jericho; but this episode was just fantastic.

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Kyle... April was the dead Jericho resident.

You'd think a guy like Hawkins would know how to get rid of a body. That grave was WAY too shallow; Sarah's body will be found, and there'll be some splaining to do. Granted, the ground was probably hard as a rock, but not so much that he couldn't dig a hole for the package.

This show is setting up a good end of season, I can smell it already. jerichoians held hostage (in a sense), Hawkins dead girlfriend/associate, Dale playing Clyde with his new Bonnie... it's going to be good.

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Oh just to add - I could have done without the Dale stuff...

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My question is... why do the send the farmer from the area's biggest farm away to build windmills when he will only be allowed to return once food is available in the spring. Won't it be a bit hard to get the food if he's not available to take care of the farm?

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Like Lost, Jerichos ratings dipped when it returned from break. I love the show but think CBS will cancel it. What are your thoughts?

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That was a fantastic episode. This show really is getting good. I agree that it is strange to send one of the farmers as ransom until the crops are grown, but it was a great episode.

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I found the sending away of Stanley very implausible too. Especially since Jake stayed around. He's a Jerichoan & he really doesn't do anything in town anyway, why not send him instead of the farmer? Sending Stanley made absolutely no sense.

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I thought this episode was quite dry compared to the others. I suppose action-wise there need to be valleys from time to time, but I just couldn't get into the episode this week. There was just a little too much Dale drama.

I, too, am also from the Midwest, and I find it a little strange that it could be so cold for so long in a place as far south as Kansas. That's the kind of weather you'd expect in North Dakota, and certainly wouldn't go so long. Also, I am intrigued about their obsessive need for windmills--the Jericho folk seem to have issues with consolidating their people in one location (thus, saving energy and only needing one windmill). Their deal is also a tad bit ridiculous... after this season, I'm surprised the Jericho folk aren't being more generous with other towns and their resources. Oh well, it is fiction.

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Saboater - That is exactly the same thought I had! Why send the farmer away when you know there is going to be a food shortage. Wouldn't you want someone with experience there to make sure you produced as much good food as possible? I'm sure his sister knows her way around the farm, but still. Stanley should know better... and I hope nothing happens to him. He's the best character on the show.

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Last night's episode was fantastic. The story managed to juggle so many issues and give solid face time to each of them.

It is a testament to Jericho that I almost forgot I was watching a television show during April's death scene. I really felt the power and emotion of that scene reach out and grab me. Definitely one of the most powerful scenes I have ever witnessed in an hour-long television drama!

As for Dale, I will scream if they start a Bonnie and Clyde angle with those two (especially given the scene where they seemed to get a sexual rush off of getting the claim)! Hopefully, the writers were just presenting the Dale situation as a smaller scale version of what could happen in the slippery slope of bargaining with a town like Newburg. Like Johnston said, "That's how wars get started."

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I don't get this "sending characters away" thing. Did someone pull some funding off the show and they had to pull a Veronica Mars in making some of the cast temporarily disappear?

You know, I am actually surprised that April and the baby were killed off, rather than having a miraculous saving. (Not to mention that they killed off the sane doctor, leaving Mr. Wackadoo and a med student in charge.) Realistically, any woman who gets pregnant and has complications probably would die under these circumstances.

I was impressed with the mom for actually agreeing to take care of Mary. Go figure.

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Why would they let one of their farmers go as one of the 10?
Why let Stanley go? he's gotta get the crops for payment!

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I love this show!!! Please CBS do not cancell!!!!

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I really think this show keeps getting better and better. I can not believe that it might get cancelled! I am puzzled as to why Stanley was going off to make windmills as everyone else already brought up. Not a smart move to send a good farmer. I am not clear on if they all volunteered or were chosen to go. Dale has always creeped me out, way too pale looking and seems like a kid who never had friends due to his own weirdness. I like the Dr. Kenchi character and can understand his problems. I did not care much about April but the death scene was very emotional. How convienient that a medical student is among the "refugees"! This show makes me wonder what will happen next and eager for the next episode.

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Jennifer brought up the same thought I had, except I compared it to the firing/emptying of the writing room on Studio 60.

I hope it's part of a bigger plot, not a reduction in force :)

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